Seeing Jesus Renews Your Soul

Have you seen Jesus today? What if you were to take some time every day to recognize Jesus. To see him in the little things, in the routine of life, in daily activities, in small wins. Do you think this may change your perspective? It would be hard not to have it change your outlook right? If you were trying to see Jesus in everything, you would see things through a completely different lens.  So why isn’t seeing Jesus a normal thing? Do we set out to do it in the morning, then the day just gets away from us? If he is our everything, do we see him in everything?

I don’t want to live just for myself or just to exist.  Can I look through my eyes with a lens of Christ, not just look with my own eyes. I want to see more in others. I want to see more in myself. I want to see greater potential. I want to see more depth. I want to see growth. I want to see goodness. I want to see purpose. I want to see hope. I want to see him. And in that, I want to experience the fullness and the abundance that Christ has for me.

So you want your life to be different this year? Then you have to live different.  You have to think different. You have to act different. Your new years resolution may be to add something, it may be taking something away, but don’t forget the most important piece. Bring Jesus into every little thing in your life.  He is always with you, so why not recognize him, live in him, and strive to reach what he has for your life.

So here’s your homework, or call it your reflection time or whatever gets you consistent and excited about doing it. Try to write down three things every day where you saw Jesus. It could be in your kids, at your job, in a friend, on a phone call, in nature, in a smile, in experience with food, in a gift, in serving, in a quiet moment, in rowdy fun, in anything… Write it down. Do this for a month. If you miss a day, that is okay. But after doing it for a time, look back at the ways the Lord has shown up. And I’d be surprised if you don’t feel changed from the inside out. Recognizing Jesus is transforming and your soul will be renewed.

Psalm 118:14-16 “The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.  Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: ‘The LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!  The LORD’s right hand is lifted high; the LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!'”

Philippians 2:13 “It is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose”

Hebrews 12:1: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.